Essen Haus Restaurant and Bar
514 E Wilson St, Madison
(608) 255-4674
Customers' Favorites
Smoked Trout Appetizer Plate
Ellsworth Cheese Curds
Meat and Cheese Board
German Combo Platter
Paulaner Oktoberfest
Spat Oktoberfest 1l
Liver Dumpling Soup
Blackened Walleye
Wienerschnitzel
Kartoffelpuffer
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Recent Reviews
Classic 🇩🇪 restaurant and performance hall. Enjoy a great hefe weizen on the patio during the summer. Lovely schnitzel and knackwurst. It's one of the few places where you can hear live polka and polka.
I am so glad they are still open, I have been coming here ever since I was a child whenever I visited family in Madison. My mother grew up in Madison and has been coming here since they first opened up.
This was my sons first time and he liked it so much we came back twice during our week long visit to Madison.
I had the Meterwurst plate the first time and the second time was the Combo platter. Both were fantastic. The staff and service was...
This was my sons first time and he liked it so much we came back twice during our week long visit to Madison.
I had the Meterwurst plate the first time and the second time was the Combo platter. Both were fantastic. The staff and service was...
While not a local, I cannot highly recommend this place enough!!! Every year, my friend group and I would come here to eat dinner at the start of Gameholecon. A good beer, pretzels, and jaeger schnitzel was the perfect start to a long weekend of gaming and fun. I only just recently heard the news that they are closing after 42 years and I admit that upon hearing the news I felt a great depth of melancholy in my soul. This establishment had been the herald of a weekend to relax...
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